Lifelists/Actor: List

AUDIO: "All right. Look through the list until you find a hot question, then take it up."

Response Options:

Something came to mind

• Yes. Use Rizzo (any of these 5): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

• Yes. Use Mega (Expert User only): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

No individual list question links

• 1. Broke? Nowhere to live? Nothing to eat? Bill collectors? 2. Union trouble? SAG? Equity? 3. Don't think you'll make it in the industry? 4. Trouble with portfolio? 5. Trouble with headshots? 6. Trouble with a photographer? 7. Too much competition? 8. Tired of being an extra? 9. Tired of bit-parts? 10. Sick or injured?

• 11. Typecasting? 12. Didn't get an audition? 13. Trouble with an audition? 14. No bookings? 15. Didn't get the part? 16. Got the wrong part? 17. Wrong roles? 18. Someone else got the part? 19. Needed lessons? 20. Needed a coach?

• 21. Trouble with rehearsal? 22. Not qualified? 23. Lost your voice? 24. Trouble with lines? 25. Forgot lines? 26. Trouble with the script? 27. Missed a cue? 28. Costume trouble? 29. Trouble with makeup? 30. Late for a call?

• 31. Missed a call? 32. Upstaged? 33. You upstaged someone? 34. Trouble with lighting? 35. Trouble with sound? 36. Trouble with the stage? 37. Trouble with props? 38. Trouble with the director? 39. Trouble with the production company? 40. Trouble with applause? No audience? Wrong audience?

• 41. Don't like the lifestyle? 42. Publicity? Too much? Not enough? Wrong kind? 43. Trouble with a critic? 44. Trouble with a review? Bad review? Good review? No review?

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Other

• Shutting down | Don't want to continue | Realization

Write on Report:

Write the time at the start of the list
Write the prefix, such as "Generally...," or "During the ____" or . . .
Write the question number you are taking up and any comments
For example:

10:43 am
_____ list
Q3. Bgh wjshy nmpoll kji hjgey ghdtegs.

Notes:

Lack of money

Probably almost all the stress that a typical "actor" gets is from not having any money while pursuing the dream, not so much from any actual acting. If that is the case, then a more general list might be more useful.

This is a Phase 3 activity

Don't start on this list if you're not up to Phase 3 work at PaulsRobot.

Provisional list!

The way this list is set up to selectively trigger and then discharge individual topics is not provisional, but the actual items on it and their sequence are highly provisional.

Research needed

People with long experience working in this area should be surveyed as to their actual experiences, and the stressful ones should be categorised and put on the list. Ideally, the more stressful an item, and the more people that a particular line would apply to, the higher up the list it should go.

Purpose of the list

The point of the list is bring relief to the user. It does this by broadly suggesting areas where charged topics might be found, and then leading into procedures that release the encysted sensations and emotions. The idea is to strike a happy medium as shown below. The list would ideally contain the most fruitful areas for individual charged topics to lie, and by gradually working through the list and discharging what gets brought to view, an individual can get a great deal of relief.

Too broad a view

A question like "stress in your work?" will probably miss, as the person has already discharged as much as a general look will achieve.

Too narrow a view

On the other hand, a question like, "Did a Mongolian bandit threaten your job?" is also likely to miss as being too specific.

Just right

But a question in the middle aimed at that particular line of work might well trigger a charged topic and bring it to mind, at which point it can be explored and discharged.

Adding in Rub & Yawn is strongly recommended